Patents by Inventor Kun Zhou

Kun Zhou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12653088
    Abstract: Embodiments include technologies that use machine learning to update a route plan to re-route a mobile machine in a field. In some examples, a method includes using a mobile machine to perform work in a field and recording travelled path information. The recorded path information includes information about one or more paths followed by the machine when performing the work in the field. The method also includes using one or more computing devices on the machine to input the path information into a trained deep learning model and to receive new machine travel paths from the trained model. Also, the method includes using the computing device(s) on the mobile machine to control the machine to follow the new travel paths generated by the trained model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech, Jens Nørgaard Lund
  • Publication number: 20260117078
    Abstract: An example of a multi-functional agent for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes carboxylated carbon nanotubes present in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt % active to about 5.0 wt % active based on a total weight of the multi-functional agent; poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt % active to about 0.8 wt % active based on the total weight of the multi-functional agent; a co-solvent; and a balance of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicants: Peridot Print LLC, Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Jiayao CHEN, Kun ZHOU, Lihua ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20260101834
    Abstract: A computing system is configured to use path information, application rate information and product amount information to determine an application plan for applying product to a field using an application vehicle, the application plan including an application zone for applying the product in the field. The computing system further generates a signal for controlling a user interface to present the application plan, for controlling the vehicle to apply the product in the field according to the application plan, or both. The application plan includes two or more application paths within the application zone and at least one skipped path within the application zone, and includes at least one variation in application rate along the application paths according to the application rate information, such that when the vehicle applies the product to the field following the application plan, the vehicle applies one complete tank of product in the application zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Søren Ludvig Bech, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kun Zhou, Jens Nørgaard Lund
  • Publication number: 20260083039
    Abstract: A mechanism for generating a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle in advance of performing an agricultural process. The mechanism further includes tracking adherence of the agricultural vehicle to the recommended route and/or controlling the vehicle to follow the recommended route. The recommended route is generated responsive to at least boundary information, a plurality of waylines generated based on windrow information, and a plurality of generated connecting segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech
  • Patent number: 12588374
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a normal display area and a fan-out display area, and the fan-out display area includes a first area and a second area. Pixel driving circuit units of the display panel are located in the normal display area and the first area, and fan-out wirings are located in the second area. A shielding layer is disposed on one side of a pixel definition layer away from a substrate, and second openings of the shielding layer are defined corresponding to first openings of the pixel definition layer, thereby being beneficial to improve visible mura.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, Ping Zhong, Shaojing Wu
  • Patent number: 12565890
    Abstract: A system comprising: a liquid ring pump; a separator coupled to an exhaust outlet of the liquid ring pump; a valve module, the valve module being coupled to the separator via a first drainage line and coupled to the liquid ring pump via a second drainage line, the valve module comprising a first valve arranged along the first drainage line and a second valve arranged along the second drainage line; and a controller configured to control the valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Edwards Technologies Vacuum Engineering (Qingdao) Company Limited
    Inventors: Andries Daniel Jozef De Bock, Bart Van Audenrode, Xin Dai, Xibo Liu, Kun Zhou
  • Patent number: 12560666
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing echo planar imaging (EPI) data correction. This includes obtaining positive and negative readout gradient calibration data of an imaging target through non-accelerated EPI acquisitions; respectively adopting first and second DPG kernels to be fitted and respectively used to eliminate phase errors of positive and negative readout gradients to fit the positive and negative readout gradient calibration data of the imaging target, with the fitting targets being positive and negative readout gradient data, respectively, in ghost-free target ACS data, and obtaining, after the fitting, a first and a second DPG kernel for final use; obtaining imaging data of the imaging target through an EPI acquisition; adopting the first and second DPG kernels to correct the phase errors of the imaging data to obtain phase-error-free imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Kun Zhou, Nan Xiao, Simon Bauer, Adam Kettinger
  • Publication number: 20260049819
    Abstract: A guidance control system for generating a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle in advance of performing an agricultural process. The guidance control system further tracks adherence of the agricultural vehicle to the recommended route and/or controlling the vehicle to follow the recommended route. The recommended route is generated responsive to dividing up the predetermined region based on analysis of exterior angles between consecutive boundary segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl
  • Publication number: 20260043882
    Abstract: Techniques are described for performing a phase correction for magnetic resonance imaging. The techniques include: for each slice of a target site: using a channel compression algorithm to determine each virtual channel of the slice using a channel compression matrix; determining a main virtual channel of the slice from each virtual channel; using phase correction data of the main virtual channel of the slice of the target site to perform phase correction on multi-segment image data of each virtual channel of the slice of the target site. This results in a reduction in phase errors in multi-segment MR image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Li Yang, Kun Zhou, De He Weng
  • Publication number: 20260036996
    Abstract: A computing system for training a machine-learning model for predicting a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle to perform an agricultural process. The computing system further tracks adherence of the agricultural vehicle to the recommended route and/or controlling the vehicle to follow the recommended route. The machine-learning model is trained on recommended routes generated using one or more heuristic algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech, Jens Nørgaard Lund, Esma Mujkic
  • Patent number: 12538860
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for planning an agricultural operation for an agricultural machine in a working environment. This Includes determining a boundary for the working environment; determining a plurality of boundary segments for the boundary; and determining, for each of the boundary segments, a candidate operational path. A performance metric associated with the determined operational path for the boundary segment is used to select a primary boundary segment which is optimized for a given metric of the operation. Operational components associated with the agricultural machine can then be controlled based on the determined operational path, e.g. to guide the machine along the path or present the path to an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kun Zhou, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl
  • Publication number: 20260026424
    Abstract: A guidance control system for generating a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle in advance of performing an agricultural process. The guidance control system further tracks adherence of the agricultural vehicle to the recommended route and/or controlling the vehicle to follow the recommended route. The recommended route is generated responsive to the identification and classification(s) of one or more obstacles within a predetermined region in which the agricultural process is to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech, Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20260029800
    Abstract: A mechanism for generating a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle in advance of performing an agricultural process. The mechanism further includes tracking adherence of the agricultural vehicle to the recommended route and/or controlling the vehicle to follow the recommended route. The recommended route is generated responsive to the classification(s) of one or more segments of a boundary of a predetermined region in which the agricultural process is to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech, Jens Nørgaard Lund, Ran Sun Lyng
  • Patent number: 12510615
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining T1-weighted and susceptibility-weighted imaging images may include in a 3D EPI process with a plurality of times of excitation, for each time of excitation, first performing radio frequency pulse excitation on target tissue, and simultaneously applying a slice selection gradient pulse to the target tissue in a slice selection encoding direction. When a preset T1W data acquisition time arrives, T1W data for an excited echo may be acquired. After the T1W data acquisition is completed, SWI data for the excited echo may be acquired. Image reconstruction may then be performed on T1W data acquired in all excitation processes to obtain a T1W image of the target tissue, and image reconstruction on SWI data acquired in all the excitation processes may be performed to obtain an SWI image of the target tissue. Both T1W data and SWI data can be obtained in one excitation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, Wei Liu
  • Publication number: 20250386761
    Abstract: Technologies for generating sprayer routes based on corresponding seeder routes. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a computing system, predetermined sprayer wayline information. The predetermined sprayer wayline information includes predetermined waylines for a sprayer to be operated in a field. The method also including receiving, by the computing system, seeder location information. The seeder location information includes locations of a seeder moving and operating within the field at regular intervals of time. And the method also including using, by the computing system, the received information as two separate inputs for a model to generate sprayer route information for the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Søren Ludvig Bech, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20250390208
    Abstract: Technologies for generating GUIs for tracked mobile machine operational statuses. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a computing system, machine operational status information of a mobile machine that has moved through an area of land during a time period. The received machine status information including respective operational statuses of the machine at each interval of intervals of time within the time period. The method also including generating, by the computing system, a GUI according to the status information. The GUI including a calendar view of the statuses. In some cases, the operational status information includes respective operational statuses of the machine at only some intervals within the time period. And the statuses of the machine that are missing can be generated by a model that is trained by the available statuses received by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Kun Zhou, Jens Nørgaard Lund
  • Publication number: 20250391275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ship unloader anti-collision system based on PLC control, including: a plurality of photoelectric limit sensors, evenly spaced in a terminal area to divide the terminal area into a plurality of zones; an absolute encoder installed on a carriage part of a ship unloader to collect a forward distance of carriage traveling wheels; a reflector installed on a hull to trigger the photoelectric limit sensors; and a control unit configured to determine an alarm zone requiring anti-collision according to incoming ship information in the terminal area; and during movement of the ship unloader, receive the limit signals transmitted by each photoelectric limit sensor, calibrate the distance information generated by the absolute encoder, determine a position of the ship unloader, and real-time judge whether the position of the ship unloader reaches the alarm zone, and generate a collision alarm signal if reaching the alarm zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: HUANENG POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC. SHANGHAI SHIDONGKOU FIRST POWER PLANT
    Inventors: Kun Zhou, Junjie Di, Baozhong Tian, Yongyan Chen, Jialei Deng, Jiyuan Liu, Jiawei Wu, Yijie Zhang, Shaonan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250390808
    Abstract: Technologies for generating field boundaries. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a computing system, mobile machine location information. The information including a series of time-stamped locations of a mobile machine as it moves through an area of land during a time period. The machine including an implement used for farming, construction, or forestry. The method also including receiving, by the system, satellite images of the area. The method also including using, by the system, a machine learning model to generate a model-based bounding box for the area. The method can also include generating, by the system, a graphic of the box. The box graphic can be generated within a graphical mapped area of land. And, the method can include displaying, via a GUI, the box graphic within the graphical mapped area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Søren Ludvig Bech, Kenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson, Jens Nørgaard Lund
  • Patent number: D1122637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: FUZHOU YKNJ TRADING LTD
    Inventor: Kun Zhou
  • Patent number: D1123455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: FUZHOU YKNJ TRADING LTD
    Inventor: Kun Zhou